Archive - Pongo Points

Tether to Reality

Who to trust in the stablecoin economy?

Jun 13, 2024 •

November 2023

From Open to Closed

How Blockchain Could Exacerbate Censorship in Finance

Nov 16, 2023 •

October 2023

Pongo Revolution

The next phase of the Pongo project is upon us!

Oct 16, 2023 •

The Crypto Mullet: The Dichotomy of the Culture

Pongo Points: • The crypto industry attempts to onboard serious companies while simultaneously pushing the "decentralized" ethos.

Oct 2, 2023 •

September 2023

Crypto Cream: How Timeframe and Thesis Determine A Token's Success

Pongo Points: • Crypto is a fast-paced industry.

Sep 18, 2023 •

Show, Don't Tell: Why It Feels Like Bitcoin Is "Losing" to Ethereum

Pongo Points: • Decentralized and permissionless systems are a double-edged sword: The openness of the system is, ironically, its greatest weakness too.

Sep 4, 2023 •

August 2023

Aligning Incentives: Why DeFi Won't Work

Pongo Points: • DeFi aims to become a more democratic and fair reinvention of the global financial system.

Aug 21, 2023 •

Federated Finance

Pongo Points: • Banks and blockchains serve very similar purposes in that they both maintain transaction records and provide means to grow wealth.

Aug 7, 2023 •

July 2023

DeFi Is For Nerds

Pongo Points: • At its core, money is just a tracking mechanism for resource allocation.

Jul 24, 2023 •

Blockchain Wasn't Built for AI

Pongo Points: • Bitcoin (and, by extension, blockchain) was founded on the premise of creating a trustless, peer-to-peer electronic cash system.

Jul 10, 2023 •

June 2023

Bitcoin's Trojan Horse

Pongo Points: • BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager with trillions under management, filed an application for a spot Bitcoin ETF.

Jun 26, 2023 •

The Same But Different

Pongo's Key Points: • Crypto and securities share a lot of similarities, but are they as similar as government agencies claim?

Jun 12, 2023 •

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